Flock & ALPR Cameras in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 62 automated license plate readers in and around Winston-Salem — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Winston-Salem, NC. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #WinstonSalem
Where the cameras are in Winston-Salem
The readers mapped around Winston-Salem break down as 31 Flock Safety, 19 Verkada, 2 LineView Technologies. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's, Forsyth County, The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Cromartie Street — 4 readers
- East Sprague Street — 4 readers
- Peters Creek Parkway — 3 readers
- Winston-Salem — 3 readers
- Hanes Mall Boulevard — 2 readers
- Lumber Lane — 2 readers
- Brewer Road — 2 readers
- Stratford Commons Court — 2 readers
- West 14th Street — 2 readers
- Old Stadium Drive — 2 readers
- Main Entrance Drive — 2 readers
- Healy Drive — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Winston-Salem — all on the live map above.
Winston-Salem NC PD Narcotics and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Winston-Salem NC PD Narcotics appears in the sharing network with connections to 2 other agencies.
Winston-Salem in the Forsyth County picture
Forsyth County has 32 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,839 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 386,740 residents and 2,490 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 38.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 45 traffic, 2 parking. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (4), Forsyth County (3), The Home Depot (1).
Camera activity around Winston-Salem, last 30 days
31 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Winston-Salem. Latest change logged Sep 8, 2026.
What’s watching Winston-Salem
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Winston-Salem — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Winston-Salem (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Winston-Salem
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Winston-Salem, NC
- 7 new license plate readers reported around Winston-Salem, NC
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Winston-Salem, NC
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Winston-Salem, NC
What you can do in Winston-Salem
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Winston-Salem
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).